Stamped collar



SejJt. 4, 1934. JAKQBSQN 1,972,401

STAMPED COLLAR Filed Sept. 1, 1932 n Fig.2. Fig.3.

%'J Affa r? Fatented Sept. 4, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,972,401 s'rAMPEn COLLAR Application September 1,.1932, Serial No. 631,406 In Germany September 1,1931

3 Claims.

This invention relates to collars stamped out of one-ply or multiple-ply card-board, paper, fabric or the like and being covered with a separate layer of a suitable fabric constituting the outer 5 or visible surface of the collar. The characteristic feature of, the collars manufactured according to this invention resides in that projections in the form of lips and lugs blanked together with the body of the collar proper, cover, after having been bent over them the end edges and the gus sets having the front button holes. Besides said lips and lugs, also the line of bending between the outer portion and the inner portion of turn-down collars is produced or indicated by suitable marks, and furthermore, also the quilting seams such as seen in linen collars are produced or indicated by suitable lines of marks, so that the collars look just as though they were made exclusively of linen.

The collars made according to this invention present several essential advantages. Apart from the fact that they can be produced at very low cost, the front portions where the ends of a collar meet and where there are the fastening gus- 25 sets with the button holes, have thoroughly smooth edges and are strongly reinforced. In the case of multiple-ply collars no ply can become disconnected from the other ply or plies, the edges do not fringe, no tears or rents occur, and the good appearance of the collars is fully preserved to the end, all the more, since the visible surface is that which has a covering of fabric.

The invention is illustrated diagrammatically and by way of example in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan of a mans turn-down collar in its blanked-out state; Figure 1 is a transverse section through the material of which the collar consists, this figure being drawn to a greatly enlarged scale; Figure 2 is an enlarged view of the left-hand end of the collar shown in Fig. 1; Figure 3 is a similar representation showing the originally projecting lips and lugs bent over or down upon the adjoining portions of the collar body; and Figure 4 is a perspective view of a finished collar manufactured according to this invention, the scale being-theblanked out together with said body; each lug c has a button hole I, the outline of which corresponds accurately to the outline of the button holes b. The lips d are not in direct connection with the lugs e; they are only in indirect connection therewith through the intermediary of the body A, viz. along the lines 1-1 and 2-2. Each lip d can be, and is, folded rearwardly from its extended position (Fig. 2) along line 1-1 against the body into its final position (Fig. 3) so that the respective end edges of the collar are reinforced thereby; and each lug e can be, and is, folded rearwardly from its extended position (Fig. 2) along line 2-2 against the body into its final po-- sition (Fig. 3) whereby also the gussets are reinforced, the button holes f coinciding accurately with the button holes b. The lips d and the lugs e are firmly united with the corresponding body portions concerned by any suitable cementing medium.

The surface of the collar body onto which the lips d are folded over' is, of course, the inner or concealed side of the collar, but as the collar is a turn-down collar, the lugs e, after having been folded over, as described, remain at the front, so which is advantageous in enhancing as they do the good appearance of the finished collar as offered for sale (Fig. 4). In other words, the visible surface of the lugs e is the one covered by the layer of fabric A The good appearance 55 of the finished collar right at its foremost portions is also enhanced due to the fact that the edges I and II (Fig. 4) are smooth by reason of the lips d and the lugs e having been folded over the body, as described, so that fringing of said edges is completely prevented.-

I claim:

1. A turn-down collar blank comprising an outer body portion and an inner body portion foldable thereagainst along a folding edge line, each end of said outer body portion being formed with an outwardly extending lip foldable thereagainst along a line defining the end edge of said outer body portion, and each end of said inner body portion being formed with a lug extending from a folding line in continuation of and at an angle to the folding line of the adjoining lip, defining the front edge of said inner body portion, said lugs each forming a double thickness button hole portion with said inner body portion, when folded thereagainst along said folding line.

2. A turn-down collar formed from an originally fiat blank consisting of laminated material having a fabric covering, said blank comprising no end of on outer body portion end an inner body portion foldabie thereegeinst along a, folding edge line each end only of said outer body portion being formed with outwardly extending lip and eeoh inner body portion being formed with iug extending from a. folding line defining the end edge of said inner body portion so as to register with said end and form a double thickness therewith, having a, folded non iringping end edge, when folded along said folding line, said lips being each adapted to be bent reversely of and against the inner surface of said outer portion elong e. folding line defining the end edge thereof, the folding line of each 111: and that of its corresponding lug being in continua- @1011 of each other, said lips being folded against said inner surface so as to form therewith a smooth, non-fringing fabric end edge for said outer body portion, said lugs being folded against the siirfaee of said inner body portion facing the i surfs/5e of said outer body portion so as to form ,Li1e" hole portion, provided by said Eainio some meinently united with said inner be-e3: poi:- sui'ieoei 3. A turn-down eolies blank comprising an outer 'body portion and ere. inner body; norfii 1 

